Recent Gifts

The Trust is deeply grateful for all the gifts it receives. It is grateful not only for the gift itself but also for the moral support the gift confers. The Trust can only hope to achieve its aims if it continues to receive such encouragement. Thank you very much.

Jul 10

The Trust has received, from a donor who would probably prefer to remain unnamed, a photocopy of a fine drawing of the wedding procession of the Rev Charles Boutell (1812 – 1877) and Mary Chevallier (1809 – 1880) which took place at Aspall on 17th April 1837. Charles Boutell was a highly respected Norfolk Archaeologist, Antiquary and author of a number of books of which the most important was English Heraldry, 1867 which ran to 10 editions. His bride was the eldest daughter of Dr the Rev John Chevallier of Aspall Hall who introduced Chevallier Barley, widely used in brewing.

The drawing includes the names of the 22 members of the wedding party. Further research is needed and the results will be published following completion.

Jun 10

From Richard Alistair Cobbold a collection of 13 Bills of Exchange for amounts varying from �£18 12s 8d to �£1,484 15s 2d and dated between 1847 and 1853. They are all for trades conducted by John Cobbold but the dates mean that it could have been either John (Wilkinson) Cobbold (1774 – 1860) or his son, John Chevallier Cobbold (1797 – 1882). We think the latter more likely. The goods are not always specified but in many cases they are for coal. They originate in, or are payable in a variety of European cities, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Newcastle upon Tyne, Danzig, and Berlin all being featured in addition to London and Ipswich. Likewise a variety of banks are recorded including Northumberland & Durham District Banking Co, Glyn’s Bank and Bacon & Co, Ipswich. One bill was due to William Price Esq of the Barque ‘Faithful’.

May 10

From Martin Riley, a most generous financial contribution as a Foundation Benefactor. His grandmother was Violet Louise Cobbold (1877 – 1916) and he was named Martin in memory of Martin Gibson Watt who was killed in action in the Navy shortly before he was born.

May 10

From Jeremy Cobbold, Trustee, a fine copy of The Suffolk Garland 1818. This well loved and highly informative work of Historical, Biographical and Descriptive writings contains four pieces by Elizabeth Cobbold (1764 – 1824). It is inscribed ‘Holy Wells’ which is the subject of one of her pieces. More importantly it is also inscribed ‘Richard Cobbold, Caius Coll. The gift of his Mother, 30th March 1818’. So this was Richard Cobbold’s own copy, given to him whilst he was up at Caius, by his mother in March of the year of first publication. Richard’s dates were 1797-1877.

May 10

From Brian Bouchard, a local historian in Epsom a possible explanation as to how William Cobbold (1784 – 1826) came to acquire an Epsom brewery from John Rutter on 30th August 1811.

As we know William’s stepmother, Elizabeth Cobbold (1767 – 1824) was friendly with the artist John Constable whose aunt and uncle, James and Mary Gubbins lived in Epsom and possibly alerted William to the opportunity. Only three years later William married Maria Sophia Negus and by 1817 he was known to be brewing at North Hill in Colchester.

Apr 10

From Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, who has given good advice to the Trust frequently in the past further help with improving the accuracy of the family tree by the elimination of a duplication.

Mar 10

From the sisters Linda Jones and Juliet Webb a lot of information for updating their part of the family tree. They are granddaughters of Brig. General Rupert F Riley (1873 – 1941) by his second wife, Hilda St Maur Willoughby; his first wife having been Violet Louise Cobbold (1877 – 1916).

Mar 10

From Calia Chevallier in New Zealand, family tree information (and indications of further sources) relating to the connections between the families of Chevallier, Syer, Leach, Fiske and Garneys. This help is particularly welcome as these connections are a minefield for the unwary and we Cobbolds are related to them all!

Mar 10

From Anthony Lowth who has been generous to the Trust before, a copy of the Notes to Volume 9 of the Crisp Visitations which has allowed us to add a further 4 generations to Mary Anne Waller (1801 – 1876) wife of Rev Richard Cobbold (1797 – 1877). Anthony’s 2xgt grandmother was Julia Mary Nunn Cobbold (1826 – 1916).

Mar 10

From David Squires a copy of his article recently published in the Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club. This is a topographic detective story centred on the claim that Snowden can be seen from the top of the Wrekin and the unlikely hero is Rev Robert Henry Cobbold (1816 – 1893) who happened also to be President of the Cambridge University Boat Club in 1840. To read the article go to www.viewfinderpanoramas.org and click on ‘Wrong Elevations’ and then ‘New United Kingdom’.

Note: Click here to see Feature April 2009

Mar 10

From Elizabeth Glover (née Bassett-Smith) family tree information for her immediate family in Australia. Elizabeth is a gt gt granddaughter of the Rev Charles Boutell (1812 – 1877) the famous Norfolk archaeologist, antiquary and author of English Heraldry and Mary Chevallier (1809 – 1880) whose father, Rev Dr John Chevallier (1774 – 1846) was the originator of Chevallier Barley, widely used in the brewing industry.

Feb 10

From Martin Riley some very helpful family tree information stemming from the marriage of Maj. Ernest St George Cobbold (1840 – 1895) to Helen Emma Cazenove (1842 – 1917) and the marriage of their daughter, Violet Louise Cobbold (1877 – 1916) (Martin’s grandmother) to Brigadier General R Farquhar Riley. In addition to updating the tree downstream his information also allowed us to include interesting details of the Cazenove line upstream.

Feb 10

From Mark Fitzherbert more useful family tree information relating to his grandmother Felicity Mary Cobbold (1910 – 1990) and his gt. grandfather, Philip Wyndham Cobbold (1875 – 1945). Included was a photograph of PWC’s house, Tattingstone Hall, shown below and a second photograph of a group taken at Holy Wells in 1933, featuring in the front row from left to right, Mrs PWC, The Earl of Stradbrooke, Lady Stradbrooke and PWC himself. We hope descendants of the lady with the glasses in the back row will excuse us if we suggest she might have been the model for Giles’s grandmother!

Feb 10

From Brenda Steer a great deal of family tree information. Rev Edward Cobbold (1798 – 1860) (Richard’s younger brother) had 6 children, about 5 of whom we know very little. However his daughter, Rosina (1827 – 1869) married a bootmaker called John Ward (1825 – 1900). They had two children, William Chevalier Cobbold Ward (1864 – 1938) about whom we knew a fair amount and John Edward Cobbold Ward (1869 – 1956) about whom we knew very little until the arrival of Brenda’s information.

Jan 10

From Giles Tatton-Brown a copy of the eulogy he delivered at the Service of Thanksgiving for his uncle, Peter Tatton-Brown (1921 – 2002) on 13th November 2002 at St Winifred’s Church, Branscombe.

Jan 10

From Ineke Boxer a copy of the eulogy read at the Services for her husband, Neil Campbell Gordon Boxer (1929 – 2009) held at St Baldred’s Church, North Berwick and Mortonhall Main Chapel, Edinburgh on Friday 20th November 2009

Jan 10

From Tim Douglas-Riley copies of all the readings and the eulogy he gave for his mother-in-law, The Lady Hilaria Gibbs (1908 – 2009) at her Service of Thanksgiving at the parish Church of St. Eustachius, Tavistock on Friday 4th December 2009.

Jan 10

From Ann Hinds the Order of Service sheet for the Service of Thanksgiving held for William (Bill) Alfred Taylor (1936 – 2009) on Tuesday 5th January 2010 at St Mary’s Church, Goldington. Bill’s mother was Edna May Cobbold (1908 – 1984) and he has done much research into his branch of the family which he has always been glad to share with us and for which the Trust is most grateful.

Recent Acquisitions

Jul 10

STOP PRESS - COBBOLDIANA DEPOSITED FOR July 2010

• The Trust is fortunate to have received a most unusual small picture in a (well worn) rosewood frame. Measuring 8½” x 12½” it is a lakeside scene in which a gentleman is seeking to persuade a lady to join him and his friends for row on the lake. The back of the picture carries the following inscription:

  Worked in Chenille & painted by Mrs John Cobbold of the Cliff & Holywells (née Harriet Chevallier of Aspall Hall) about 1844.

Harriet Temple Chevallier (1775 – 1851) married John (Wilkinson) Cobbold (1774 – 1860) at Aspall in 1796. They had 14 children and 55 grandchildren.

Jul 10

DEPOSITS FOR July 2010

• Poems by Mrs Elizabeth Cobbold. Ipswich 1825, 1st edition (see News, Jul ’10)

• Sir Harry Parkes, British Representative in Japan, 1865 – 1883 by Gordon Daniels, 1996. Sir Harry (1828 – 1885) married the granddaughter of The Master of the Rolls, Sir Thomas Plumer (1753 – 1824) and the marriage gave rise to lines of Keswicks and Levett-Scriveners as well as Cobbolds.

• Suffolk Houses, A Study of Domestic Architecture by Eric Sandon FRIBA, 1977 but reprinted 2010. Many of the houses described have Cobbold connections.

• The Guide to Suffolk Churches by D P Mortlock, second revised edition, 2009. With so many Cobbold Clergy in the family churches are of great assistance in research.

• Norwich Cathedral, Church, City and Diocese 1096 – 1996 edited by Ian Atherton, Eric Fernie, Christopher Harper-Bill and Hassell Smith, 1996. William Cobbold (1560 – 1639) was Organist at Norwich Cathedral and his father, also William was the leading Norwich Gold and Silversmith.

• Copies of 4 maps of Ipswich published by the Borough of Ipswich, 1975:

  John Speed 1610
  John Ogilby 1674
  Joseph Pennington 1778
  Edward White 1867
  

Jun 10

DEPOSITS FOR June 2010

• Margaret Catchpole 2006 by Laurie Chater Forth; a small but very well researched account of Margaret Catchpole’s time in Australia. Smuggler’s Girl 1990 by Sally Harris, a small book on the same subject, abridged for children by Anglia Young Books. Footnote People in Australian History 1987 which contains an account of Margaret’s life entitled Convict Pioneer and Correspondent by Anita Bezjak. Two copies of Famous Crimes, Vol. 11, numbers 22 and 23 (Police Budget Edition sold for one penny) containing a wholly fanciful version of Margaret’s crime by Harold Furniss (publication date unknown).

• A copy of The Navy & Army Illustrated, Friday April 17th 1896 containing a fine picture by Bassano, Old Bond St, of THE SIRDAR: Brigadier-General Sir H H Kitchener, CB, KCMG, ADC. The Tragedy of Lord Kitchener 1921 by Reginald Viscount Esher published by John murray, Albermarle Street, London W.

• Three Years with Eisenhower 1946, The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C Butcher, USRN, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942 to 1945. It includes the paragraph “There have been some unpleasant incidents, one of which was the Guards’ Chapel, not far from Buckingham Palace, which was struck during church services Sunday, killing probably 200; one of them, Colonel Ivan Cobbold, Ike’s and Beetle’s host at salmon fishing some time back.”

• Lady Lytton’s Court Diary 1895 – 1899 edited by Mary Lutyens and published in 1961 by Rupert Hart-Davis, Soho Square, London.

• Lost Country Houses of Suffolk by W M Roberts published 2010 by Boydell Press, fascinating reading not only for what it tells us about the houses but also about the families who lived in them.

• Two small books, Canapes & Dips, and Tea Time Recipes in the Butlers Court series by Melissa Matthews.

May 10

DEPOSITS FOR May 2010

• Two copies of Country Life dated 1906 featuring Knebworth House. Three copies of Country Life dated 1902, 1908 and 1911 featuring The Countess of Lytton and her children. A fine engraved medallion portrait, by E W Wyon, about 1840 with text, of Edward Lytton Bulwer (1803 – 1873), 1st Lord Lytton.

• Visitations of England and Wales by Howard and Crisp, Vol 3, No 452, 1895 Visitations of England and Wales by Frederick Arthur Crisp, Vol 6 notes No 105, 1906 Visitations of England and Wales by Frederick Arthur Crisp, Vol 13, No 303, 1905 Visitations of England and Wales by Frederick Arthur Crisp, Vol 14, No 105, 1906.

• Chablis à Table; Food for Chablis; 2002 by David Cobbold. As well as expert advice on Chablis this book contains mouth-watering recipes.

• Two more Mildenhall Speedway programmes, 1977 and 1982, one for The Cobbold / Bugg Championship and the other for The Joe Cobbold Trophy Junior Championship.

Apr 10

DEPOSITS FOR Apr 2010

• A Christmas Pagent by Joan Cobbold, Music composed and arranged by Martin Shaw, published 1925 by J Curwen & Sons Ltd, London W1. The Christmas Pagent is not a play. It is built up on the lines of the Masque. It presents a number of characteristic Christmas figures and symbols passing in procession before the audience. These figures, all of whom represent some aspect of Christmas, emphasize this in turn by an episode of pageantry, song or dance – grave or gay as occasion demands; ending with the Christmas game of Oranges and Lemons, in the middle of which appears the figure of the writer who, of all others, has brought the spirit of Christmas into modern England – Charles Dickens.

• 3 Cobbold & Co brewery documents, the first being a letter to The Chloride Electrical Storage Co Ltd in Manchester dated 1922; the second being a letter from The Aluminium Plant and Vessel Company Limited in London SW 18, dated 1924 and the third being a Test Certificate (under Docks Regulations, 1925) issued in 1926 by W & E Moore Limited of Poplar.

Mar 10

DEPOSITS FOR Mar 2010

• Visitation of England and Wales (edited initially by Joseph Jackson Howard LL.D and Frederick Arthur Crisp but subsequently by Crisp alone and therefore often referred to as ‘Crisp’s Visitations’), Volumes 1 (1893), 8 (1900), 9 (1901), 11(1903) and 12 (1904) have been deposited in the Trust’s library and it is hoped that further deposits will follow.

• Affair of State, A Biography of The 8th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire by Henry Vane, 2004.

Feb 10

DEPOSITS FOR Feb 2010

• From Cloisters to Cup Finals, A History of Charterhouse Football by Malcolm Bailey, published 2009. The author, a Cambridge Blue, Captain in 1973, who now coaches the Charterhouse 1st XI has written a lavishly produced, copiously illustrated and highly detailed account of the development of football which is of great interest to this family which numbers at least 8 Old Carthusians including, of course, our noblest footballing son, W N Cobbold who also captained Cambridge and was capped for England five times.

• Mr John, John Cobbold: The Most Eccentric Man In Football Ever by Mel Henderson; a signed copy dedicated “Best wishes to all the Cobbold clan”

• The Union Child’s Belief: Being a Series of Letters upon The Creed (1855) by Richard Cobbold (a Legacy Reprint)

Jan 10

DEPOSITS FOR Jan 2010

• Ode on the Victory of Waterloo by Elizabeth Cobbold (1764 – 1824), dedicated to His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales, Regent of the United British Empire. Holy Wells, Ipswich, August 12th, 1815. (A Bibliolife reprint)

• Six Village Sermons from Nature (1884) by William Cobbold Vaughan, Priest-in-charge of Tallarn, in the parish of Hanmer, Flint. (A Kessinger reprint).

• Dorset Life, December 2009 which carries at page 44 an excellent article by Jane Dismore on the tragic life of Pamela Hambro née Cobbold (1900 – 1932). See ‘Feature Jan ‘10’.

Recent Restorations

Jul 08

Six major book restoration tasks have been completed.

• Father’s Legacy (1850), leather re-back, retaining remnant of original spine and missing top panel made good.
• Trautwine’s Civil Engineer’s Pocket Book (1911), re-backed with missing corners scarfed in, and missing paste-down replaced from period stock.
• The Comforter (1850), calf re-back, corners re-tipped; gold/blind finishing with original label retained.
• Wars of the Roses (1859), calf re-back and original spine re-laid.
• Margaret Catchpole (paperback c 1870), book-block pulled, re-sewn and re-formed with title to spine as per original. Solander box constructed
• Illustrations of Margaret Catchpole (c1850), album pages cleaned in situ, script pages removed, cleaned and replaced.

Apr 08

The following books from the Trust’s Collection have been sent away for professional restoration work:

• Margaret Catchpole (paperback edition)
• Trautwine
• The Comforter
• Father’s Legacy
• Wars of the Roses

The Richard Cobbold Watercolours Album has also gone away for much needed restoration.

In both cases the Conservators selected are of the highest repute having worked for The British Library and The National Trust. The task is to put the items into a condition in which they can be safely lightly handled and further deterioration is prevented.

Some of these items will be exhibited at Glemham Hall at the end of July 2008. See PAPER-CUTS, POEMS, a PARSON and his PICTURES (The Work of Elizabeth Cobbold and her son Richard) in News March 08

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The Trust now has a collection of some 36 reference books from 1836 to 2002 but it still needs more. They are in use daily and are of enormous help. Gifts of old copies of Debrett’s, Kelly’s, Burke’s, Who’s Who and People of Today, etc. will be most welcome.